§ Lieut.-Colonel WOODWARKasked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the advisability of allowing the wife or dependant of an insured person who dies before the age of 60 to draw upon the money standing to the credit of the deceased, in view of the special need of assistance at such times?
Mr. GREENWOODUpon the death of a deposit contributor (who can only receive benefits so far as his own individual account will allow) one-half of the amount standing to his credit in the Deposit Contributors' Fund, representing, approximately, the proportion derived from contributions paid by himself, is payable to any person who may have been nominated by him to receive it, or in the absence of any nomination, to his legal personal representative. In the case of a member of an approved society, the contributions paid by and in respect of the member are paid into a, common insurance fund out of which the benefits of all members of the society are provided, and no money, therefore, stands to the credit of an individual member.